Immanuel Kant
Philosopher
"Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own intelligence!"
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Immaturity
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Immanuel Kant
Philosopher
"Through laziness and cowardice a large part of mankind, even after nature has freed them from alien guidance, gladly remain immature. It is because of laziness and cowardice that it is so easy for others to usurp the role of guardians. It is so comfortable to be a minor!"
Edwin Louis Cole
Author, Speaker
"Inconsistencies in men are generally testimony to their immaturity."
Immanuel Kant
Philosopher
"Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-incurred immaturity."
Immanuel Kant
Philosopher
"It is difficult for the isolated individual to work himself out of the immaturity which has become almost natural for him."
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"Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed immaturity...No thing is required for this enlightenment.. .except freedom; and the freedom in question is the least harmful of all, namely, the freedom to use reason publicly in all matters."
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"There are cases in which the blade springs, but the plant does not go on to flower. There are cases where it flowers, but no fruit is subsequently produced."
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"How shall one who is so weak in his childhood become really strong when he grows older? We only change our fancies."
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"Rage is a sign of nothing but immaturity. The power of any faith comes not from its coercion of critics and dissenters. It comes from the moral integrity and the intellectual strength of its believers."
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